Chapter 6

(CSHP) an organized set of policies, procedures, and activities designed to protect, promote, and improve the health and well-being of students and staff, thus improving a student's ability to learn. It includes, but is not limited to,

Individuals from a school or school district and its community who work together to provide advice on aspects of the school health program

• Representation from
• administrators
• Food service workers
• Counseling personnel
• Maintenance workers
• Medical personnel (especially a school nurse and school physicians)
• Social workers
• Parents and other caregivers
• Students
• Teachers (especially those who teach health,physical education, and consumer science classes)
• Personnel from appropriate community health agencies

Though the primary responsibility for the health of school-aged children lies with parents/guardians the school have immeasurable potential for affecting the health of children, their families, and the health community

• 1. A school administration that supports such as effort
• 2. A well-organized school health council that is genuinely interested in providing a coordinated program for the student
• 3. Written school health policies.

• -Provides a framework
• - describes the nature of the program and the procedure for its implementation to those outside the program

the developing of a set of written policies is not an easy task. This challenging and time consuming task should be executed by the school health council , because the council includes those most knowledgeable about the school health program in addition to representing many different constituencies in the school community.

• *Where is approval needed
• 1. The school districts medical advisor
• 2. The school administration
• 3. The board of education

• STEPS FOR CREATING LOCAL HEALTH-RELATED POLICIES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING
• 1. Identify the policy development team
• 2. Assess the districts needs
• 3.prioritize needs and develop an action plan
• 4. Draft a policy
• 5.build awareness and support
• 6. Adopt and implement the policy
• 7. Maintain, measure, and evaluate

• Health education
• Physical education
• Health services
• Nutrition Services
• Counseling, psychological, & social services.
• Healthy school environment
• Health promotion for staff
• Family/community involvement

• -Assessing the local needs for and status of
• health education
• -Articulating the importance of and gaining support for school health programs
• with the school and community
• -providing leadership for the school health program team to ensure a
• coordinated approach and for the community-represented school health council
• -Planning effective school health instruction based on a K-12 sequential
• framework
• -Identifying current school health-related funding streams and coordinating
• with the school health program council to maximize usage
• -Planning for and providing access to school health professional preparation
• opportunities
• -Assisting with the identification, evaluation, and selection of resources
• -Providing assistance in designing and evaluation the different components of
• school health programs

• Services provided for students to appraise,
• protect, and promote health
• Ex. Health appraisals (screening and examination)
• Emergency care for injury and sudden illness
• Management of chronic disease
• Prevention and control of communicable disease
• Provision for special needs students
• Health advising
• Remediation of detected health problems

• *Equitability, breadth of coverage, confidentiality, user friendliness,
• convenience

Provides a safe- both physically and emotionally- learning environment

• The development , delivery, and evaluation of a
• planned curriculum, K-12

• 1. Students will comprehend concepts related to health
• promotion and disease prevention to enhance health
• 2. Students will analyze the influence of family, peer, culture, media,
• technology, and other factor on health behaviors
• 3. Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid information and
• products and services to enhance health
• 4 students will demonstrate the ability use interpersonal communication
• skill to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risk
• 5. Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision making skills to
• enhance health
• 6. Students will demonstrate the ability to use goal setting to enhance health
• 7. Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors
• to avoid or reduce health risks
• 8. Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, and
• community health